Listen as we discuss the violence, beauty, and radical possibilities of the borderlands in this podcast. The conversation includes: Francisco Cantu’s book “The Line Becomes a River”, the importance of Ethnic Studies, social movements, and human resiliency in the face of racial violence in the U.S | Mexico Borderlands.
Hosted by the Bedrosian Center at USC.
Host Lisa Schweitzer is joined by Juan De Lara, Jaime Lopez, and Aubrey Hicks for a far ranging discussion of borders, metaphors, and life on in between.
Join the conversation about each episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Or email us at bedrosian.bookclub@usc.edu.
Links
Sandra Cisneros
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Rubén Martinez
Juan Gomez-Quiñones
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Operation Gatekeeper by Joseph Nevins
The Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1978-1992 by Timothy J. Dunn
Juan’s work
Border Patrol Sectors – Google Maps
Manifest Destinies by Laura E. Gómez
Los Tucsonenses by Thomas E. Sheridan
Freedom Dreams by Robin D. G. Kelley